On Tue, 08 Nov 2005 05:03:44 GMT, "Charles Gifford"
> wrote:

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>"SD" > wrote in message
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>> Deer and elk have been found to have Chronic Wasting Disease, the
>> equivalent disease in cattle is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or Mad
>> Cow Disease and in sheep it is known as scrapie.
>>
>> SD
>
>I guess I must explain. <sigh> Elk are deer. What you said was the same as
>Deer and deer.
>
>Charlie
>

Sorry for the previously sloppy taxonomy, but these are the animals
referred to when speaking of CWD:

Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus
virginianus) and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni).

Boron